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DC LINKTANK - DC Events | March 8, 2010 - March 12, 2010
Monday, March 8
Tuesday, March 9
| Time | Subject | Title | Host | Panelist(s) | RSVP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:30 AM | Cuba | The Emergency Coalition to Defend Education Travel | CIP | RSVP | |
| 10:00 AM | Middle East, Security | The Middle East Conflict and Challenges to European Security | Wilson Center | Martti Ahtisaari | RSVP |
| 10:30 AM | Al Qaida | The Search for al Qaeda: Its Leadership, Ideology and Future | Brookings | Bruce Riedel, Edward Luce | RSVP |
| 12:00 PM | Poverty | Why Don’t We See Poverty Convergence? | CGD | Martin Ravallion | RSVP |
| 12:00 PM | Gay Marriage | Proposition 8: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue on Same Sex Marriage | Howard | Carlos Moreno, Josephine Ross, Aderson Francois,Cheryl J. Sanders,Alice Ogden Bellis | |
| 12:30 PM | East Asia | U.S.-Japan-China Relations and East Asian Regional Security | Elliott School | RSVP | |
| 2:00 PM | Nuclear Proliferation | Europe and Iran's Nuclear Ambitions: Challenges and Prospects | Wilson Center | Klaus Scharioth, Shahram Chubin, Bernard Hourcade | RSVP |
| 2:00 PM | Energy | Electric Transmission 201: Cost Allocation | EESI | (Numerous) | |
| 2:00 PM | Iraq | Next Generation Peacebuilding in Iraq | USIP | Samir Shakir al Sumaida'ie, Maria Jessop, Manal Omar, Brett Pierce, Mish-Mish and Tolfekar | RSVP |
| 3:00 PM | Sex Trafficking | Legislative Trials and Triumphs in Combating Demand for Commercial Sex | Wilson Center | Taina Bien-Aime, Eleanor Gaetan, Samir Goswami, Wanee Hunt | |
| 3:00 PM | India | The Elephant at Sea: India's Maritime Strategy | Wilson Center | Arun Prakash, Siddharth Srivastava, Andrew C. Winner | |
| 3:00 PM | Women, Notable Profiles | International Understandings Third International Women of Courage Celebration | US Chamber of Commerce | ||
| 4:30 PM | Colombia | Peace Building in Colombia | Brookings | Frank Pearl , Ted Piccone | RSVP |
| 5:00 PM | Germany | Germany Says 'No': The Iraq War and the Future of German Foreign and Security Policy | SAIS | Dieter Dettke | RSVP |
| 6:30 PM | Morocco | The Many Faces of the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies (TALIM) | SAIS | Diane Ponasik, Mary Ellen Lane, I. William Zartman | RSVP |
| 7:00 PM | Ethiopia | Lidia Schaefer: Ethiopia's Rural Education Hero | Elliott School | Lidia Schaefer | RSVP |
Wednesday, March 10
| Time | Subject | Title | Host | Panelist(s) | RSVP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | Financial System | Inside the Issue: Financial Services | National Journal | Bob Corker, Mark Warner | RSVP |
| 8:00 AM | Financial System | Madoff One Year Later: What Have We Learned? | GW Law | (Numerous) | RSVP |
| 9:00 AM | Education | Evaluating Differently : Toward Useful and Realistic Evaluation of Teachers in Public Schools | CAP | Elizabeth Arons, Jessica Cunningham, Morgaen Donaldson, Heather Peske, Kim Ursetta | RSVP |
| 10:00 AM | Global Health | Building On Success: New Directions In Global Health | Senate Foreign Relations Committee | Bill Gates, Rajiv J. Shah | |
| 11:00 AM | Lebanon | Lebanon: Is Real Reform Possible? | Wilson Center | Mohammad A. Safadi | RSVP |
| 12:00 PM | Arab History | The Arabs: A History | MEI | Dr. Eugene Rogan | RSVP |
| 12:00 PM | Government Surveillance | The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State | Cato | Shane Harris, Julian Sanchez | |
| 12:00 PM | Economic Policy | The Economic and Policy Outlook | Elliott School | Douglas Holtz-Eakin | RSVP |
| 12:00 PM | Greece | Greek Gifts: Archaeophilia, Ochlocracy and Monochromatism in Contemporary Macedonia | Wilson Center | Keith Brown, Irena Stefoska | |
| 12:15 PM | Israel-Palestine | A Jewish Witness in Palestine Speaks: What Aren't We Hearing and How Is Peace Possible? | SAIS | Anna Baltzer | RSVP |
| 12:30 PM | Afghanistan | Civilian Surge in Conflict Zones: How It’s Done and Its Impact on Development Practitioners | SID | Mark Klak, Hrach Gregorian, Laura Hall | RSVP |
| 12:30 PM | Russia | The Politics of Russian Energy | SAIS | Toby T. Gati | RSVP |
| 2:00 PM | Terrorism | A Growing Terrorist Threat? Assessing "Homegrown" Extremism in the United States | CSIS | Arnaud de Borchgrave, Rick “Ozzie” Nelson, Marc Sageman, Philip Anderson, Frank J. Cilluffo | RSVP |
| 2:00 PM | Government Transparency | The Power of Open Government | Brookings | Cass Sunstein | RSVP |
| 2:00 PM | Foreign Policy, Latin America | U.S. Policy Toward the Americas in 2010 and Beyond | House International Relations Committee | (Numerous) | |
| 2:30 PM | Public Diplomacy | The Future of U.S. Public Diplomacy | Senate Foreign Relations Committee | Evelyn S. Lieberman, Karen P. Hughes, James K. Glassman , Judith A. McHale | |
| 4:00 PM | National Security | Buying National Security: How America Plans and Pays for Its Global Role and Safety at Home | Wilson Center | Gordon Adams, Cindy Williams, Marc Grossman, Dov Zakheim | RSVP |
| 4:00 PM | Education | The Death and Life of the Great American School System | Carnegie | William A. Galston, Mark Schneider, Dennis Van Roekel | |
| 5:00 PM | China | Outlook for U.S.-China Economic and Financial Relations | SAIS | David Loevinger | RSVP |
| 5:30 PM | NATO | NATO Transformation | Atlantic | General Stephane Abrial | RSVP |
| 6:00 PM | Torture | The Role of the Office of Legal Counsel and the Use of Torture | CAP | Nan Aron, David Cole, Bruce Fein | RSVP |
| 6:00 PM | Funding Development | The Donor Perspective - Young Professional's Round Table Discussion | SID | Emmy Simmons, Claire Moran | RSVP |
| 7:00 PM | Haiti | Haiti: Problems and Prospects in the Eye of the Catastrophe | Elliott School | Leigh Carter, Raymond Joseph, Julissa Reynoso |
Thursday, March 11
| Time | Subject | Title | Host | Panelist(s) | RSVP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | Public Housing | The Next Challenge for Public Housing: Serving Its Most Vulnerable Families | Urban Institute | Ronald T. Ashford, Mary Howard, Susan J. Popkin | RSVP |
| 9:00 AM | Africa | A Report From the Field: A Conversation With Howard Wolpe | SAIS | Howard Wolpe | |
| 9:00 AM | Arctic | Arctic Marine Spatial Planning & the Role of the Arctic People | ELI | (Numerous) | RSVP |
| 9:00 AM | Employment | A National Approach to Career Navigation for Working Learners | CAP | Vickie Choitz, Craig Herndon, Elliott Brown, Mal Caravatti, | RSVP |
| 9:30 AM | Medicaid | Medicaid Everyone Can Count On: Public Choices for Equity and Efficiency | Carnegie | Thomas W. Grannemann, Mark V. Pauly, John M. Colmers, Colleen M. Grogan | |
| 9:30 AM | China | An Unprecedented Social Experiment: The Impact of the One Child Policy on China's Society and Economy | Elliott School | (Numerous) | RSVP |
| 10:00 AM | Government Surveillance | The Rise of America’s Surveillance State | Brookings | Shane Harris, Benjamin Wittes, Kim Taipale | RSVP |
| 10:30 AM | Minority Rights | Conflict Prevention and the Rights of National Minorities | SAIS | Knut Vollebaek | RSVP |
| 11:45 AM | Sustainability | Sustainable Practices in 2010: What Private Companies are Doing and Requiring and Why | ELI | Michelle Moore, Mari Snyder, Elias Hinckley,Lowell Rothschild | RSVP |
| 12:00 PM | Climate Change | U.S.-China Partnership for Climate Action | Wilson Center | George Hamilton, Mel Rice, Dr. Zou Ji | RSVP |
| 12:00 PM | Financial Markets | Don't Blame The Shorts: Why Short Sellers Are Always Blamed for Market Crashes and How History is Repeating Itself | Cato | Robert Sloan, James J. Angel, Frank Hatheway | |
| 12:00 PM | Urban Growth | An Urban Economic Growth Model with Agent-based Housing and Land Markets | RFF | Margaret Walls, Nicholas Magliocca, Virginia McConnell and Elena Sanfirova | RSVP |
| 12:15 PM | Consumer Protection | A Matter of Trust: Connecting Consumer Protections and Financial Reform | New America | Elizabeth Warren, David Corn | |
| 3:30 PM | Biosecurity | BioSecurity: How Synthetic Biology is Changing the Way We Look at Biological Threats | Wilson Center | Jason Bobe, Edward You | RSVP |
| 4:15 PM | Colombia | Conflict And Poverty In The Colombian Countryside: How Both Forced Displacement And The US-Colombia FTA Affect Rural Livelihoods | WOLA | Luis Jorge Garay, Fernando Barberi | RSVP |
| 6:45 PM | Taiwan | Kungfu Secrets, A Documentary Film | Elliott School | Mei-Juin Chen, Martha Burr | RSVP |
| 7:00 PM | Foreign Policy | U.S. Foreign Policy Under Barack Obama | Elliott School | Henry Nau, Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, Peter Beinart |
Friday, March 12
| Time | Subject | Title | Host | Panelist(s) | RSVP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | North America Security | Trilateral Security Cooperation in North America: New Dimensions and Approaches | Wilson Center | (Numerous) | RSVP |
| 8:30 AM | Filibusters | AEI Politics Watch, Session III: The Past, Present, and Future of the Filibuster | Carnegie | Gary Andres, Sarah Binder, Robert Dove, John C. Fortier,Norman J. Ornstein | |
| 9:00 AM | Brazil | Brazil as a Regional Power: Views From the Hemisphere | Wilson Center | (Numerous) | RSVP |
| 9:30 AM | U.S. Exports | Currency Manipulation: How Should the US Respond? | EPI | Leo W. Gerard, Laurie S. Moncrieff, Paul Krugman, Robert E. Scott, C. Fred Bergsten | RSVP |
| 10:00 AM | Census | Measuring Up in a Changing Economy: A Look at New U.S. Service Sector Data and Why It Matters | Brookings | David E. Lebow, Carol Corrado, Julia Coronado | RSVP |
| 10:00 AM | Iran | Dissension in the Ranks: Cleric and State in the Islamic Republic of Iran | USIP | Qamar-ul Huda, Said Arjomand, Rasool Nafisi, Mehdi Khalaji, Barbara Slavin | RSVP |
| 3:30 PM | Kyrgzstan | Political Development in Kyrgyzstan since 2005 | Elliott School | Zakir Chotaev | RSVP |
| 7:00 PM | Religion and State | Taming the Gods: Religion and Democracy on Three Continents | Politics and Prose | Ian Buruma | |
| 7:00 PM | Notable Figures | The Pianist and the Diplomat: The Remarkable Life and Legacy of Jan Ignacy Paderewski | Elliott School | John Robilette, Lt. Gen. Edward Rowny | RSVP |
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